The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
From Earl Warren
Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
Ben Franklin may have discovered electricity- but it is the man who invented the meter who made the money.
In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.
Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
If Nixon is not forced to turn over tapes of his conversations with the ring of men who were conversing on their violations of the law, then liberty will soon be dead in this nation.
The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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